The term “cold war” goes back to a 14th-century medieval writer named Don Juan Manuel, who referred to the uneasy peace between Muslims and Christians in Spain. But it was George Orwell, in a piece titled “You and the Atomic Bomb,” who applied the term as we know it best to the protracted economic, geopolitical and ideological battle between the United States, the Soviet Union and their shifting allies.
1- It cost the U.S. about $8 trillion
2- It was predicted by Adolf Hitler
3- Its first casualty was a Christian missionary
4- It ended in part because of Apple
5- At one point, the U.S. had more communists on its side than the USSR
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Facts about cold war
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